POLITICAL PARTYS AT ODDS OVER SEANAD ABOLITION.

11 September 2013

A Fianna Fáil frontbencher in Cork has accused the Taoiseach
of indulging in the politics of populism by trying to abolish the Seanad.

Billy Kelleher says Enda Kenny is trying to make political gain by saying things
that people want to hear , about cutting the number of politicians
and supposedly listening to calls for political reform..

However, he says all the Taoiseach is doing is following through on a
throwaway promise he made during the election campaign in 2011..

However, Jobs and Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton says
abolition of the Upper House will simply bring Ireland in line
with many of its counterparts across the World..

Speaking as he canvassed in Cork yesterday, the Minister said
there's no place for the Seanad in modern Irish politics...